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  • Coming together as Friends, Neighbors and Volunteers

    Gary Collins, Pine Bluffs Post Reporter|Jul 27, 2017

    "During the short time I have been a reporter, I've been assigned to cover developing news events involving unthinkable losses. I've covered structure fires, the town of Ten Sleep losing its firehall, and other events I could never imagine experiencing," wrote Zach Spadt, who at the time was the reporter for the Pine Bluffs Post. "We were hit awful. Every window on the south and the west, up and down, were completely broken out. . .Then the windows on the north and the east, the windows weren't...

  • Celebrating Volunteers

    Gary Collins, Pine Bluffs Post Reporter|Jul 27, 2017

    V When in April of last year the Trail Days committee selected "Celebrating Volunteers" as the theme of the celebration, they could have no way of knowing how apt it was for the occasion. The celebration was scheduled to begin just 10 days after the hail storm hit. With no thought of canceling the festivities, the town, its staff and its residents went about the task of cleaning up the town along with outside assistance. "We were basically a week away and we needed some clean up. I actually...

  • Grosses named Grand Marshals

    Gary Collins, Pine Bluffs Post Reporter|Jul 27, 2017

    "I feel there are people way more deserving than we are. We never get terribly involved, so we feel there's others that do a whole lot more than we do," said Phyllis Gross on a muggy Monday afternoon. Phyllis along with her husband, Bill, were chosen this year by the Trail Days Committee to serve as Grand Marshals. Phyllis was speaking in the dining room of her home. Bill was, at the time, out tending to the cattle. "Bill's parents lived in this house and we lived in town. But this house was...

  • Melodrama in History and Pine Bluffs

    Gary Collins, Pine Bluffs Post Reporter|Jul 27, 2017

    Pygmalion: a Lyric Scene, generally considered to be the first full melodrama, was written in 1762 by Jean Jacques Rousseau, philosopher, writer and composer, and first performed in 1770. Melodramas from the above through Victorian times and even into silent films were typically works of a sensational nature designed to appeal to the emotions. The melodramas of these eras featured music alternating with the spoken word or with the music playing in the background to underscore or highlight the...

  • Final Point Standings

    Staff Report, Pine Bluffs Post|Jul 27, 2017

    Junior Barrels Natalee Smalley 33 Jadea Graves 31 Kashley Fornstrom 21 Stesha Tidyman 20 Molly Allen 15 Kasey Dalton 12 Justin Lerwick 8 Jaxon Farella 5 Colby Smith 5 Kutter Fornstrom 4 Jessie Graves 3 Dalton Fox 3 Javonna Hunt 2 Whitlee Smalley 2 Javaya Harms 2 Shayden Tidyman 1 Irene Madler 1 1D Barrels Katie Klingingsmith 34 Heather Lake 32 Kelby Eastman 21 Kasey Dalton 10 Brenda Miller 8 Jadyn Cross 8 Jo Langlois 6 Eva Belzil 6 Nancy Capes 6 Natalee Smalley 4 Dena Krist 3 Bradi Nelson 3...

  • Don't judge a rabbit by its color: Even when it comes in a book

    Gary Collins, Pine Bluffs Post Reporter|Jul 27, 2017

    For a moment it appeared that Mr. E and Kyle Groves of Party People Productions would be proven to be inept magicians at their magic show held at the Pine Bluffs Library, Friday afternoon on July 19. Mr. E was performing his illusion of Fraidy Cat Rabbit. Sliding open a panel of his device, Mr. E exposed the easily scared rabbit. He exhorted the 48 children and 17 adults attending the performance to then loudly yell "Boo." After they did ,he reopened the panel to reveal that the black rabbit...

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